Plant/Women Writers, 4. Myrtis

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How to Cite: Plant, Ian. Myrtis. Women Writers of Ancient Greece and Rome - An Anthology. Equinox eBooks Publishing, United Kingdom. p. 36-37 Apr 2004. ISBN 9781904768029.

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(Fl. 5th century BC.) Myrtis was a lyric poet from Anthedon, a small coastal town in northern Boeotia (Plut., Greek Questions 40). Antipater calls her ‘sweet-voiced’ and places her amongst the best of women poets (Anth. Pal. 9.26.7s). She was famous enough to have a bronze statue made of her (Tatian, Against the Greeks 33).

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  • container title
    Women Writers of Ancient Greece and Rome: An Anthology
  • creator
    Ian Plant
  • isbn
    9781845538804 (eBook)
  • publisher
    Equinox Publishing Ltd.
  • publisher place
    Sheffield, United Kingdom
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    Equinox Publishing Ltd.
  • doi
    https://doi.org/10.1558/isbn.9781845538804